Monthly Archives: March 2018

The idea “don’t motivate people, stop demotivating them” violates Two-Factor Theory, which says removing things that demotivate people doesn’t mean they will be motivated. They are not opposites. People still want to feel motivated about something. You can create that something. — Jurgen Appelo (@jurgenappelo) January 22, 2018 Source: http://twitter.com/NathalieKarasek/status/955508714383069184

“The first flawed assumption is that it is possible to plan such a large project The second flawed assumption is that it is possible to protect against late changes. The third flawed assumption is that it even makes sense to lock in big projects early.” Source: The roots of agile project management

A retrospective activity that I tried recently that builds around a lego duck. My focus was on team communication but this could probably be replaced by something else … Mind the Duck Exercise 1: Build your Duck (set the stage) Every team member gets the same set of 8 lego bricks They have then 30 seconds… Read Article →

Sources: Ball Point Game BALL POINT GAME Feel the Scrum Flow @BorisGloger The Ball Point Game by Scrumology in Newsletter Articles Agile Games – ball point game by Kelly Waters Ball Point Game Ball Point Game – Introducing Agile By The Fun Way Learning Scrum through the Ball Point Game BALL POINT GAME Coaching Scrum with… Read Article →

I was searching for a format to tracks the team mood or team morale in every retrospective. 4-5 questions that we track every time so that we see trends and outliers. This can also trigger some discussions. This is what I came up with … Team Mood At the start of every retro I let the team… Read Article →

Not super fancy but usefull: LeighAlert sends you weekly, daily or monthly reminders via eMail. I use it for important events (like: exam dates, important meetings, speeches, trainings, …) https://www.leighalert.com/

… no problem! Here´s an idea for you 🙂 Dialogue Sheet Also Scrum Masters are allowed to go on vacation. Here´s something you can give your team, so that they can do the retro easily without you. https://www.allankellyassociates.co.uk/dialogue-sheets/ More Retrospective Activities

Ressources with activities for retrospectives. Websites Retromat and Retromat https://www.benlinders.com/exercises/ Agile Strides Activities Team Radar Scrum Master is on Vacation! How do we do the Retrospective now :-O Retrospective Activity: The 4 Ls … for more see also Retrosectives Books Retrospektiven – kurz & gut by Rolf Dräther Game Storming More Retrosective Activities

Useful tool to discuss decisions, viewpoints and to investigate conflict situations. Scales of Agreement Method Overview Cards I was not quite satisfied with the cards provided on the meeting facilitation site [1] so I did a little bit of research and that it what I came up with: ScaleOfAgreement_de+en Source Coaching & Beratung by… Read Article →

“There are two types of bottlenecks: capacity constrained and non-instant variability. Here´s how to approach them.” The Two Types of Bottlenecks Capacity Constrained: unable to do more work Non-Instant availability: limited capacity due to limited (but usually predictable) availability Strategies to Handle Bottlenecks Generally bottlenecks perform well below their potential capacity. It is therefore… Read Article →